Essentially a campy 80's action film coated in modern-day wrapping paper, The Marine is one of those films that's so incredibly dumb in its plotting and over-the-top action sequences and so obviously bad yet you can't help but have a ball watching it.

Sometimes, you just want a cheeseburger. You don't even want a particularly good cheeseburger. You want a greasy, nasty one that your stomach will probably pay for later. The Marine is that cheeseburger. It's formulaic, predictable and dumb, but it wears those traits in all the best ways. Cena may have the charisma of a tree stump, but he's only supposed to look good running through swamps, punching dudes, firing machine guns and jumping out of exploding buildings. Also, I cannot stress enough how much the buildings explode in this movie. On top of that you have Robert Patrick selling the hell out of his bad guy role. It's cheesy and glorious and worth watching, provided you know exactly what you're getting into. Watched for BMFcast 125.

Just as some actors migrate from the stage to the screen, there has always been wrestlers who make the transition from the "squared circle" to movies.

Some of these are actually quite successful (Jesse Ventura in 'Predator', Kurt Angle in 'Warrior', The Rock in some things), but most end up awful (Hulk Hogan in anything). Still, the advent of the WWE Films production company had a certain inevitability about it, and they have now churned out over 30 films, including two sequels to The Marine...

'The Marine' is my second exposure to WWE Films (after 'The Scorpion King') and I quite enjoyed laughing at it. Make no mistake - this is a bad film but it's a gloriously over-the-top action/vigilante film with a dubious sense of humour. If you want to waste 90 minutes watching WWE "Superstar" John Cena go up against Robert Patrick's gang of calamitous crooks then this is the so-bad-it's-good trash for you! 4/10.

After Commando I guess I wanted more horrible action film madness so I watched the John Cena action film The Marine in it's UNRATED form. This film is as random as it is over the top and you know what, it's pretty fun at the same time. The action when it happens is pretty well done but so damn insane that you have to laugh at it, the villains are so dumb that Commando would be proud. Robert Patrick is the main baddie and you can tell he is having a good time but man is he just so damn random and when the movie wants to be funny it's not, the jokes are pretty bad but man this is…

Amateur acting ... a stupid, generic story ... unimpressive action ... and oh yeah, John Cena, who has the acting talents/charisma equal to a brick.

It also pisses me off that "T-1000" himself ... the great Robert Patrick ... has his talents completely wasted in this. How can one of the greatest villains in cinema history, be defeated by John "fucking" Cena?! Give me a break ... This film sucks!

At least the women were smoking hot ... and that deserves at least one star.

The choppy editing during the fight sequences -- the kind of editing you'd think you wouldn't need to employ if your lead is a professional wrestler, AKA a guy that ideally knows how to handle himself when it comes to choreographed fisticuffs -- is bad enough. It's the script's tone-deaf Bad Boys-esque sense of humor -- cf. giving the token black guy a chip on his shoulder, a needlessly-voiced hatred of rock candy, AND a monologue about being molested by a summer camp counselor -- that makes this shit spectacularly awful. However, if you're in the mood to see Robert Patrick shamelessly mug like a Father's Day gift, your disbelief suspension is up to code, and you enjoy seeing all sorts of things -- gas stations, cop cars, shacks -- explode, you could do worse(ish).

I dunno if I was expecting a work of art with this movie...it clearly is not and its also far from being innovative or excellent in the action revenge genre... Most of the actors cannot really be called as such and the whole thing is kind of dumb from start to finish...well it is a WWF movie....some jokes here and there and John Cena not bad as a GI Joe makes it bearable...

The Marine sequels are typical DTV fare that have stunted dialogue, simple plots and decent action but this first one is...something else. It's at the same time a standard action film and a really strange film. The screen writers had some odd ideas and the first time director went for it. Stock music and quick cut/sloppily edited action scenes are to be expected. What's not to be expected is a scene with Robert Patrick strolling down the street after a robbery to the tune of More Human Then Human by White Zombie and shooting up an incoming cop car as his cohort uses a rocket launcher to blow up said cop car. Then there's the moment when a character is…

I knew within the first five minutes, where John Cena rolls into a room and single-handedly shoots/beats up a dozen terrorists armed with AK-47s and holding hostages, that I was going to love this movie. Short running time, fast pace, constant explosions, ridiculous action (who knew a car could take 1,000 rounds and still perform at top speed?), cartoonish villains and an indestructible hero make this one of the most insanely-enjoyable, over-the-top action movies since the 1980s.

I haven't seen this movie in years and man, I forgot how bad it was. The music and cinematography are terrible, all of the characters barring Robert Patrick's are forgettable, and John Cena's acting is horrendous. Seriously, I think Cena should win the award for "Most Improved" because when you watch him in something like Trainwreck he's improved by leaps and bounds. On the bright side Robert Patrick is the saving grace of this film, he's pretty awesome in it. I think it's worth watching just for him alone.